话说英语短语动词和惯用语（十四）
动词bring（续三），动词come
bring to 动词+介词
Hardliners in the US government thought Hamasi should be brought to their knees（美国政府中的强硬派认为应当彻底粉碎哈马斯。）bring someone to his knees表示彻底击败某人。形象一点说就是打得某人跪地求饶。
All our efforts in the project preparation were brought to naught by the lack of money.（资金短缺使我们所有的工程准备工作都派不上用场了。）bring something to naught意思是使某事不成功。口语化说法就是使某事等于零。
What has brought the Jianlibao soccer team to such a pass since Zhu Guanghu left? （什么原因使健力宝足球队在朱广沪离开后落到这般境地？）bring something to such a pass表示使某事物处于很糟糕的状态。朱广沪是健力宝队过去的主教练。他离队后健力宝从联赛冠军跌落到保级区。
bring up 动词+副词
The children were brought up to respect traffic regulations.（从小教育孩子们遵守交通规则。）这里bring someone up表示养育、教育某人。
The child has been bringing up all morning.（小孩一上午都在呕吐。）这里bring up表示呕吐。
Ouyang Hai was praised for courageously bringing up the runaway horse.（欧阳海奋身拦惊马的事迹为人们所赞颂。）这里bring up表示使某人或某物突然停下，或使某人停止说话。欧阳海是人民解放军战士，1963年11月为阻止军马撞上旅客列车而英勇牺牲。
The director brought up the stand-in for Chow Yun-fat for being wrong again.（周润发的替身演员又出错了，导演训了他一顿。）这里bring someone up表示斥责某人。
We need to bring up more tanks.（我们需要调更多坦克到前线。）这里bring up表示将士兵或武器调往前线。
The missile array brought up the rear in the parade.（阅兵式以导弹方阵结束。）bring up the rear表示是序列的最后部分。
Experiences of working in the slums brought Yunus up against the realities of poverty.（贫民区的工作经历使尤纳斯正视贫困的现实。）这里bring someone up against something 表示使某人面对某事。穆罕默德·尤纳斯（Muhammad Yunus）是孟加拉国银行家，2006年诺贝尔和平奖得主，长期致力于帮助穷人。
I want to spend this weekend bringing my paper up to date.（我想利用这个周末来完善我的文章。）bring something up to date表示更新某事物，使其跟上时代，或使其符合当前条件。
You’d better bring your English up to scratch before you take TOFEL test.（考托福前最好把你的英语提高到应有水平。）bring something up to scratch/standard/the mark意思是使事物达到预期标准。
come about 动词+副词
Peace can only come about if each side agrees to yield to the other.（只有各方相互让步才能得到和平。）这里come about表示出现，发生。
It was too stormy to continue the voyage, so the steamer came about and headed for the shore. （风浪太大不能继续航行，轮船掉头向岸边驶去。）这里come about/around/round表示船只，风暴等转向相反方向。
come across 动词+副词
Did their favorite son’s speech come across? （听众认可他们的候选人的讲话吗？）这里come across/over表示能被理解接受。美国总统预选中，各州的选民通常偏爱本州的候选人，所以他是他们的宠儿（favorite son）。句子中的问话人显然属于来自其他州的竞选阵营。
动词bring（续三），动词come
bring to 动词+介词
Hardliners in the US government thought Hamasi should be brought to their knees（美国政府中的强硬派认为应当彻底粉碎哈马斯。）bring someone to his knees表示彻底击败某人。形象一点说就是打得某人跪地求饶。
All our efforts in the project preparation were brought to naught by the lack of money.（资金短缺使我们所有的工程准备工作都派不上用场了。）bring something to naught意思是使某事不成功。口语化说法就是使某事等于零。
What has brought the Jianlibao soccer team to such a pass since Zhu Guanghu left? （什么原因使健力宝足球队在朱广沪离开后落到这般境地？）bring something to such a pass表示使某事物处于很糟糕的状态。朱广沪是健力宝队过去的主教练。他离队后健力宝从联赛冠军跌落到保级区。
bring up 动词+副词
The children were brought up to respect traffic regulations.（从小教育孩子们遵守交通规则。）这里bring someone up表示养育、教育某人。
The child has been bringing up all morning.（小孩一上午都在呕吐。）这里bring up表示呕吐。
Ouyang Hai was praised for courageously bringing up the runaway horse.（欧阳海奋身拦惊马的事迹为人们所赞颂。）这里bring up表示使某人或某物突然停下，或使某人停止说话。欧阳海是人民解放军战士，1963年11月为阻止军马撞上旅客列车而英勇牺牲。
The director brought up the stand-in for Chow Yun-fat for being wrong again.（周润发的替身演员又出错了，导演训了他一顿。）这里bring someone up表示斥责某人。
We need to bring up more tanks.（我们需要调更多坦克到前线。）这里bring up表示将士兵或武器调往前线。
The missile array brought up the rear in the parade.（阅兵式以导弹方阵结束。）bring up the rear表示是序列的最后部分。
Experiences of working in the slums brought Yunus up against the realities of poverty.（贫民区的工作经历使尤纳斯正视贫困的现实。）这里bring someone up against something 表示使某人面对某事。穆罕默德·尤纳斯（Muhammad Yunus）是孟加拉国银行家，2006年诺贝尔和平奖得主，长期致力于帮助穷人。
I want to spend this weekend bringing my paper up to date.（我想利用这个周末来完善我的文章。）bring something up to date表示更新某事物，使其跟上时代，或使其符合当前条件。
You’d better bring your English up to scratch before you take TOFEL test.（考托福前最好把你的英语提高到应有水平。）bring something up to scratch/standard/the mark意思是使事物达到预期标准。
come about 动词+副词
Peace can only come about if each side agrees to yield to the other.（只有各方相互让步才能得到和平。）这里come about表示出现，发生。
It was too stormy to continue the voyage, so the steamer came about and headed for the shore. （风浪太大不能继续航行，轮船掉头向岸边驶去。）这里come about/around/round表示船只，风暴等转向相反方向。
come across 动词+副词
Did their favorite son’s speech come across? （听众认可他们的候选人的讲话吗？）这里come across/over表示能被理解接受。美国总统预选中，各州的选民通常偏爱本州的候选人，所以他是他们的宠儿（favorite son）。句子中的问话人显然属于来自其他州的竞选阵营。